The story
- Latin · derived fromcomplicāre“fold together”
- Old French · derived fromcomplice“confederate”
- Middle English · derived fromcomplice
- English todayaccomplice
First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchcomplice all →
complicity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.